of the Catholiques Royall as they are termed entertained the new-tranâ—lated Liturgie oâ— our Church as maruelling to see such order and regular deuotion in them whom they were taught to condemne for hereticall Whose allowances I wâ—ll saw might with a little helpe haue beene raised higher from the practise of our Church to some points of our iudgement But if true religion were in those parts yet better attended and our young Traueller could finde moâ—e abettors and examples of pieâ—ie on whom wee might relie yet how safe can it bee to trust young eyes with the view and censure of truth or â—alshood in religion especially when truth brings nothing to this barre but extreme simplicitie and contrarily â—alshood a gaw dy magnificence and proud maiestie of pompous ceremonies wherewith the hearts of children and fooles are easily taken That Curtizan of Rome according to the mannâ—r of that profession sets out her selfe to sale in the most tempting fashion here want no colours no perâ—umes no wanton dreâ—ses whereas the poore Spouse of Christ can onâ—y say of her selfe I am blacke but comely When on the one side they shall see such rich shrines garish Altars stately Processions when they shall see a Pope adored of Emperours Cardinals preferd to Kings confessors made Saints little children made Angels in a word nothing not outwardly glorious on the other side a seruice without welt or guard whose maiestie is all in the heart none in the face how easily may they incline to the conceit of that Parisian dame who seeing the procession of S. Genoueifue goe by the streets could say O que belle c. How fine a religion is ours in comparison of the Hugenots Whereto must bee added that supposing they doe not carry with them but rather goe to fetch the language of the place some long time needs be spent ere they can receiue any helpe to their deuotion whiles in the meane season their vnthriuing intermiâ—â—ion is assailed with a thousand suggestions And who sees not that this lucrum cessans as the Ciuilâ—ans terme it offers an open aduantage to a buâ—â—e aduersarie Sect. 6. In a word it hath beene the old praise of early rising that it makes a man healthfull holy and rich whereof the first respects the body the second the soule the third the estate all fals out contrary in an early trauell For health The wise prouidence of God hath so contriued his earth and vs that he haâ—h fitted our bodies to our clime and the natiue sustenance of the place vnto our bodies The apparant difference of diet and of drinkes especially falling into so tender age must needs cause a iarre in the constitution which cannot in all likelihood but send forth distemper into the whole course of the ensuing life The streame runnes like the fountaine and speeds well if at last by many changes of soile it can leaue an ill qualitie behinde it besides that the mis-gouernance of diet whereto their libertie layes them open in the weaknesse of their pupillage cannot but bee extremely preiudiciall In this point let experience be consulted with her vnpartiall sentence shall easily tell vs how few young trauellers haue brought home sound and strong and in a word English bodies As for holinesse we lose our labour if this discourse proue not that it hath none so great enemie as timely trauell at once doe wee hazard to abandon God and our home set an empty pitcher to the fire it crackes presently whereas the full will abide boiling It was the younger sonne in the Gospell who therefore turnes vnthrift because he got his portion too soone into his hands and wandred into a farre countrey The eye of the parent and the ferule of the master is all too little to bring our sonnes to good Where then there is neither restraint of euill nor helps to grace how should their condition bee other than hopelesse The soile doth much in many plants the Persian Hyosâ—yamus if it be translated to Egypt proues deadly if to Ierusalem safe and wholesome neither is it otherwise with some dispositions which may iustly curse the place as accessory to their vndoing Lastly for riches not of the purse which is not here thought of but of the mind what can bee expected from that age which is not capable of obseruation careleâ—â—e of reposition whereof the one gets the other keepes the treasure of our vnderstanding What is this age fit to looke after but Butterflies or birds nests or perhaps the gay coat of a Courtier And if remarkable considerations be put into it by others they are as some loose pearles which for want of filing vpon a string shake out of our pockets so as all the wealth of a young Traueller is only in his tongue wherein he exceeds his mothers Parrat at home both for that hee can speake more and knowes that he speaketh Sect. 7. And in truth it is not onely in trauell wherein wee may iustly complaine of the inconuenience of haste but that wee may lookeâ— a little aside in all the important businesses of our life especially in marriages and professions The ordinary haste in the one before the face can descry the sex fils the world full of beggerie and impotence and no lesse haste in the other fils it as full of ignorance and imperfection For on the one side where the vigour of nature wants what can be propagated but infirmity or how can hee skill to liue that wants experience On the other what plenty of water can there be where the leade of the cisterne is put all into the pipes Where those that should be gathering knowledge for themselues spend it like vnthrifty heires vpon others as fast as they get it I am deceiued if I haue not touched one of the maine grounds of that vniuersall decay of Arts and Men wherewith the world is commonly checked They must bee mightier and wiser that know to redresse it Sect. 8. But let vs giue our Traueller that which Parents seldome care to giue maturity of age let him be as ripe as time can make him what is the best aduantage which his absence can promise vs Let vs lay the benefits of Trauell in the one scaâ—e the inconueniences on the other whethersoeuer ouer-waighes shall sway downe the beame of our iudgement The priuate contentment of a mans owne heart in the view oâ— forraine things is but a better name of an humorous curioâ—ity If a man yeelde to runne after his appetite and his eye he shall neuer know where to reâ—t and after many idle excursions â—hal lie downe weary but vnsaâ—isâ—ied For giue me a man that hath seene â—udasses Lanterne at S. Dennises the Epheâ—ian â—iana in the Louure the great vessell at Heydelberg the Amphitheater at â—ismes the ruines and halfe-lettred monuments of the seuen hilles and a thousand such rarities what peace hath his heart aboue those that sit at home and contemne these toyes And what if that mans fancie shall call
Through many insensible declinations doe wee â—all from vertue and at the first are so gently seazed by vice that wee cannot beleeue our accusers It is mischiefe enough if they can bee drawne to a lesse dislike of ill which now by long acquaintance is growne so â—amiliar to their eyes that they cannot thinke it so loathsome as at the first view The societie of wilfull Idolaters will now downe with them not without ease and good meanings beginne to bee allowed for the clokes of grosse superstition From thence they grow to a fauourable construction of the mis-opinions of the aduerse part and can complaine of the wrongfull aggrauations of some contentious spirits and from thence yet lower to an indifferent conceit of some more politike positions and practises oâ— the Romanists Neither is therâ— their rest Hereupon ensues an allowance of some of their doâ—trines that are more plausible and lesse important and withall a censure of vs that are gone too farre from Rome Now the mariage of Ecclesiasticall persons begins to mislike them the daily and frequent consignation with the crosse is not to no purpose The retired life of the religious abandoning the world forsooth sauours of much mortification and confession giues no small ease and contentment to the soule And now by degrees Poperie beginnes to be no ill religion If there cannot be a false fire of mis-deuotion kindled in them it is enough if they can be cooled in their loue of truth which how commonly it fals out amongst vs I had rather experience should speake then my selfe Some there are that by a spirituall Antiperistasis haue growne hotter in their zeale by being encompassed with the outward cold of irreligion and errour who as they owe not this grace to themselues so they are more for wonder then imitation If Daniel found a guard in the Lions denne shall another put himselfe thither for â—helter And if Peter walkt vpon the pauement of the water did the rest of the Disciples step forth and follow him That valiant champion of Christ since wee are fallen vpon his name who durst draw his sword vpon a whole troupe after all the protestations of his inseparablenesse from his master was yet infected with the aire of the High-Priests Hall and whiles hee but warmed himselfe at that fire cooled in his respect to his Sauiour Although perhaps this contagion working as it commonly doth remissely causeth not any sudden alteration in our Traueller but as wee say of Comets and Eclipses hath his effect when the cause is forgotten Neither is there any one more apparant ground of that luke-warme indifferencie which is fallen vpon our times then the ill vse of our wandrings for our Trauellers being the middle-ranke of men and therefore either followers of the great or commanders of the meaner sort cannot want conuenience of diffusing this temper of ease vnto both Sect. 15. All this mischiefe is yet hid with a formall profession so as euery eye cannot finde it in others it dares boldly breake â—orth to an open reuolt How many in our memory whiles with Dinaâ— they haue gone foâ—th to gaze haue loâ—â— their â—pirituall chastitie and therewith both the Church and themselues How many like vnto the brooke â—â—dron run from â—ierusâ—lem through the vale of â—â—hosâ—pâ—â—t and end their course in the dead Sea A popish writer of our Nation as himselfe thought not vnlearned complaining of the obstinacie of vs heretickes despaires of preuailing because hee findes it to be long agoe fore-prophecied of vs in the booke of the Chronicles At illi Protestantes audire noluerunt It is well that Protestants were yet heard of in the old Testament as well as Iâ—suites whose name one of their owne by good hap hath found Numbâ— 26. 24. Like as Erasmus found Friers in S. Pauls time inter falsos Fratres But it were better if this mans word were as true as it is idle Some of ours haue heard to their cost whose losse ioyned with the griefe of the Church and dishonour of the Gospell wee haue sufficiently lamented How many haue wee knowne strucken with these Asps which haue died sleâ—ping And in truth whosoeuer shall consider this open freedome of the meanes of seducement must needs wonder that wee haue lost no more especially if he be acquainted with those two maine helpes of our aduersaries importunitie and plausibilitie Neuer any Pharisee was so eager to make a Proselyte as our late factors of Rome and if they bee so hot set vpon this seruice as to compasse sea and land to winne one of vs shall wee be so madde as to passe both their sea and land to cast our selues into the mouth of danger No man setteth foot vpon their coast which may not presently sing with the Psalmist They come about mee like Bees It fares with them as with those which are infected with the pestilence who they say are carried with an itching desire of tainting others When they haue all done this they haue gained that if Satan were not more busie and vehement then they they could gaine nothing But in the meane time there is nothing wherein I wiâ—h we would emulate them but in this heat of diligence and violâ—nt ambition of winning Pyrâ—â—us did not more enâ—ie the valour of those old Roman souldiers which hee read in their wounds and dead faces then we doe the busâ—e audacitie of these new The world could not stand before vs if our Truth might bee but as hotly followed as their falshood Oh that our God whose cause wee maintaine would enkindle our hearts with the fire of holy zeale but so much as Satan hath inflamed theirs with the fire of â—urie and faction Oh that hee would shake vs out of this dull â—ase and quicken our slacke spirits vnto his owne worke Arise O North and come O South and blow vpon our garden that the spices thereof may flow forth These suters will take no deniall but are ready as the fashion was to doe with rich matches to carry away mens soules whether they will or no. Wee see the proofe of their importunitie at home No bulwarkes of lawes no barres of iustice though made of three trees can keepe our rebanished fugitiues from returning from intermedling How haue their actions said in the hearing of the world that since heauen will not heare them they will trâ—e what hell can doe And if they dare bee so busie in our owne homes where they would seeme somewhat awed with the danger of iustice what thinke wee will they not dare to doe in their owne territories where they haue not free scope only but assistance but incouragement Neuer generation was so forward as the Iesuiticall for captation of willes amongst their owne or of soules amongst strangers What state is not haunted with these ill spirits yea what house yea what soule Not a Princes Counsell-Table not a Ladies chamber can be free from their shamelesse insinuations It was not for nothing that their
of Trauell are euer limited But what are wee the better for Gods owne lawes without execution Or what are limits vnto the lawlesse Good lawes are the hedges of the Common-wealth iust dispensations are as gates or stiles in the hedge If euery stragler may at pleasure cast open a gap in this fence of the State what are we the better for this quickset then if wee lay open to the common Who sees not how familiarly our young Recusants immediately vpon their disclosing are sent ouer for their full hatching and making Italie Spaine Artois and now of late France it selfe prouides nests and perches and mewes for these birds with the same confidence wherewith wee breede our owne at home which when they are once well acquainted with the Roman lure are sent backe againe fit for the prey And as for those of our owne feather whereas the libertie of their Trauell is bounded chiefly with this double charge one that they haue no conuersation or conference with Iesuites or other dangerous persons the other that they passe not into the dominions of the Kings enemies both these are so â—ommonly neglected as if they were intended only for a verball formalitie yea as if the prohibition meant to teach men what they should doe Euery of our nouices hath learned to make no difference of men and dare breathe in the poisonous aire of Italie it selfe and touch the very pommell of the chaire of pestilence It is this licentious freedome which wee mis-call open-hearted ingenuitie that vndoes vs. Doe wee not see the wary closenesse of our Aduersaries which will not so much as abide one of our books a mute solicitor to harbour in any of their coasts How many of the Italian or Spanish Noblesse haue wee knowne allowed to venture their education in our Courts or Vniuersities Doe they lie thus at the locke and doe wee open our breast and display our armes and bid an enemie strike vs where hee list Since then wee haue no more wit or care then â—o bee willingly guiltie of our owne shame oh that the hands of supreme authoritie would be pleased to locke vs within our owne doores and to keepe the keyes at their owne girdle And to speake truth to what purpose are those strait and capitall inhibitions of the returne of our factious fugitiues into thâ—s Kingdome if whiles the wicket is shut vpon them that they should not come to vs the posterne be open to vs that we may goe to them As all intercourse is perillous so that is most which is by our owne prouocation Here yet they dare but lurke in secret and take only some sudden snatches at a weake prey like vnto euening-wolues that neuer walke forth but vnder the cloake of the night but in their owne territories they can shew the sunne their spoiles and thinke this act worthy of garlands and trophees Here we haue mastiues to secure our flockes there the prey goes stragling alone to the mouth of their dennes without protection without assistance and offers to be deuoured Ye whom the choice of God hath made the great Shepheards of his people whose charge it is to feed them by gouernment suffer not their simplicitie to betray their liues vnto the fangs of these cruell beasts but chase them home rather from the wilfull search of their owne perdition and shut them vp together in your strong and spacious folds that they may be at once safe and yee glorious Sect. 24. Lastly for those whom necessary occasions draw forth of their owne coasts that wee may haue done with those which like foolish Papists goe on pilgrimage to see another blocke better dressed then that at home let mee say to them as Simeon that propheticall Monke said to the pillers which hee whipped before the Earth-quake Stand fast for yee shall be shaken And therefore as the Crane when shee is to flie against an high winde doth ballace her selfe with stones in her bill that shee may cut the aire with more steddinesse so let them carefully fore-instruct and poise themselues with the sound knowledge of the principles of religion that they may not bee carried about with euery winde of doctrine Whereto if they adde but those lessons which they are taught by the State in their letters of passage there may be hope they shall bring backe the same soules they carried It was at least an inclination to a fall that Eue tooke boldnesse to hold chat with the Serpent And as subtill Lawyers desire no more aduantage in the quarrell which they would picke at conueyances then many words so neither doe our Aduersaries Whiles our eares are open and our tongues free they will hope well of our very denials Errour is craâ—tie and out of the power of his Rhetoricall insinuations oft-times carries away probabilitie from truth I remember in that famous Embassie of the three Philosophers which Athens sent to Rome Critolaus Diogenes and Carneades there falling out many occasions of discourse wise Cato perswaded the Senate to a speedie dismission of those otherwise welcome guests because said hee whiles Carneades disputes scarce any man can diâ—cerne which is the truth There is more danger of these spirituall Sophisters by how much the businesse is more important and their subtiltie greater Let our passenger therefore as that wise Grecian serued his fellowes stop vp his eares with waxe against these Syrens Our Sauiour would not giue Satan audience euen whiles hee spake true because hee knew that truth was but to countenance errour There is euer true corne strowed vnder a pit-fall those cares are full and weightie which wee dresse with lime to deceiue the poore birds in a snow No fisher lets downe an emptie hooke but clothed with a proper and pleasing bait These impostors haue no other errand but deceit If he loue himselfe let him bee afraid of their fauours and thinke their frownes safer then their smiles And if at any time as no flie is more importunate they thrust themselues into his conuersation let him as those which must necessarily passe by a carrion in the way hold his breath and hasten to be out of their aire And if they yet follow him in his flight let him turne backe to them with the Angels farewell Increpet te Dominus FINIS Edicto del â—ey Dâ—n Phelippedâ— Espana coâ—tra el Trâ—ct adâ— della Monâ—râ—â—ia dâ— Sâ—cilâ—a eâ—xeridâ— por Cesar Baronio Cardenal on el Tâ—mo vndecimâ— de 〈◊〉 Annales Ecclâ—siâ—sticâ—s â—â—bert Pâ—intâ— in his preâ—ace to the tâ—stimonies for the râ—all presence 2 Chron. 24. 〈◊〉 â—n Iâ—sâ—am l. â— c. 〈◊〉 q. 19. Gretâ—er contra Leâ—â—â—eum c. â— 2. V râ— aiâ— quida◠〈◊〉 Iesuâ—taâ—â—n sâ—cris lâ—â—â—ris â—â—pâ—riri Exemplar Epist Scriptae ad Dâ—minum Paulinum quondam datarium sub Ciementis 8â— beatâ— mâ—moriâ— Pontiâ—â—catâ— Ibid. Ibid. Lib. 4. de salut Ind. c. 12. c. Examplar â—piâ—t supr cit At etiam nuâ—â— non animaduertimus quod Latiâ—â— sermonis obâ—â—nâ—â— impurissimè Gallici inuentutis mores ingenuos foedant bonarum literarum praeteâ—t â—pessimas edocent artes dum ingenia excolunt animas perdunt c. Oratio ad Curiam Parlamenti super Henrici magni parricidali nâ—ce